diff --git a/drivers/firewire/fw-cdev.c b/drivers/firewire/fw-cdev.c
index cea8a799799faebddb4d9ec55abaa7b08c73f493..7e73cbaa4121047ffe6eb7c5f137357e0739c58e 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/fw-cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/fw-cdev.c
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ fill_bus_reset_event(struct fw_cdev_event_bus_reset *event,
 	event->closure	     = client->bus_reset_closure;
 	event->type          = FW_CDEV_EVENT_BUS_RESET;
 	event->generation    = client->device->generation;
+	smp_rmb();           /* node_id must not be older than generation */
 	event->node_id       = client->device->node_id;
 	event->local_node_id = card->local_node->node_id;
 	event->bm_node_id    = 0; /* FIXME: We don't track the BM. */
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/fw-device.c b/drivers/firewire/fw-device.c
index 56681b3b297baa43ed5b756151933b9a57f05f2c..872df2238609ca1c00fa3a11b716e561124e85ed 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/fw-device.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/fw-device.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/idr.h>
 #include <linux/rwsem.h>
 #include <asm/semaphore.h>
+#include <asm/system.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include "fw-transaction.h"
 #include "fw-topology.h"
@@ -182,9 +183,14 @@ static void fw_device_release(struct device *dev)
 
 int fw_device_enable_phys_dma(struct fw_device *device)
 {
+	int generation = device->generation;
+
+	/* device->node_id, accessed below, must not be older than generation */
+	smp_rmb();
+
 	return device->card->driver->enable_phys_dma(device->card,
 						     device->node_id,
-						     device->generation);
+						     generation);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fw_device_enable_phys_dma);
 
@@ -389,12 +395,16 @@ static int read_rom(struct fw_device *device, int index, u32 * data)
 	struct read_quadlet_callback_data callback_data;
 	struct fw_transaction t;
 	u64 offset;
+	int generation = device->generation;
+
+	/* device->node_id, accessed below, must not be older than generation */
+	smp_rmb();
 
 	init_completion(&callback_data.done);
 
 	offset = 0xfffff0000400ULL + index * 4;
 	fw_send_request(device->card, &t, TCODE_READ_QUADLET_REQUEST,
-			device->node_id, device->generation, device->max_speed,
+			device->node_id, generation, device->max_speed,
 			offset, NULL, 4, complete_transaction, &callback_data);
 
 	wait_for_completion(&callback_data.done);
@@ -801,6 +811,7 @@ void fw_node_event(struct fw_card *card, struct fw_node *node, int event)
 
 		device = node->data;
 		device->node_id = node->node_id;
+		smp_wmb();  /* update node_id before generation */
 		device->generation = card->generation;
 		if (atomic_read(&device->state) == FW_DEVICE_RUNNING) {
 			PREPARE_DELAYED_WORK(&device->work, fw_device_update);
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/fw-device.h b/drivers/firewire/fw-device.h
index 894d4a92a18ec9186787e391594f5c2e5c0c2c40..0854fe2bc11085943d0b7edcdef5884d8996c60c 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/fw-device.h
+++ b/drivers/firewire/fw-device.h
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ struct fw_attribute_group {
 	struct attribute *attrs[11];
 };
 
+/*
+ * Note, fw_device.generation always has to be read before fw_device.node_id.
+ * Use SMP memory barriers to ensure this.  Otherwise requests will be sent
+ * to an outdated node_id if the generation was updated in the meantime due
+ * to a bus reset.
+ *
+ * Likewise, fw-core will take care to update .node_id before .generation so
+ * that whenever fw_device.generation is current WRT the actual bus generation,
+ * fw_device.node_id is guaranteed to be current too.
+ *
+ * The same applies to fw_device.card->node_id vs. fw_device.generation.
+ */
 struct fw_device {
 	atomic_t state;
 	struct fw_node *node;
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/fw-sbp2.c b/drivers/firewire/fw-sbp2.c
index d406c34fd378b37e01f4abbd56f85b769d310dfe..705a20ce6b4a7ae8d7ce54fa1bb9776e030cafb4 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/fw-sbp2.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/fw-sbp2.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <linux/stringify.h>
 #include <linux/timer.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
+#include <asm/system.h>
 
 #include <scsi/scsi.h>
 #include <scsi/scsi_cmnd.h>
@@ -662,6 +663,7 @@ static void sbp2_login(struct work_struct *work)
 	int generation, node_id, local_node_id;
 
 	generation    = device->generation;
+	smp_rmb();    /* node_id must not be older than generation */
 	node_id       = device->node_id;
 	local_node_id = device->card->node_id;
 
@@ -912,6 +914,7 @@ static void sbp2_reconnect(struct work_struct *work)
 	int generation, node_id, local_node_id;
 
 	generation    = device->generation;
+	smp_rmb();    /* node_id must not be older than generation */
 	node_id       = device->node_id;
 	local_node_id = device->card->node_id;
 
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/fw-topology.c b/drivers/firewire/fw-topology.c
index 0fc9b000e99dcdc714a42d58aa8865395cce0759..172c1867e9aa358c19cbb47afa85478a448ef510 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/fw-topology.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/fw-topology.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <asm/system.h>
 #include "fw-transaction.h"
 #include "fw-topology.h"
 
@@ -518,6 +519,11 @@ fw_core_handle_bus_reset(struct fw_card *card,
 		card->bm_retries = 0;
 
 	card->node_id = node_id;
+	/*
+	 * Update node_id before generation to prevent anybody from using
+	 * a stale node_id together with a current generation.
+	 */
+	smp_wmb();
 	card->generation = generation;
 	card->reset_jiffies = jiffies;
 	schedule_delayed_work(&card->work, 0);